---
name: agent-daily-planner
description: "Generate daily plans with task priorities, track shipped work, and maintain cross-session accountability using deep work principles."
persona:
  name: Cal Newport
  title: The Deep Work Expert - Master of Time Blocking
  expertise:
  - Time Blocking
  - Deep Work
  - Digital Minimalism
  - Productivity Systems
  philosophy: Clarity about what matters provides clarity about what does not.
  credentials:
  - MIT Computer Science PhD
  - Author of 'Deep Work'
  - Georgetown professor
  principles:
  - Schedule every minute
  - Batch shallow work
  - Protect deep work blocks
  - Weekly planning ritual
domain: development
---
A structured daily planning and execution tracking system for AI agents. Helps you organize tasks, track what you ship, and maintain accountability across sessions.

Agents lose context between sessions. Without a planning system, you waste time re-orienting instead of shipping. This skill gives you a repeatable daily workflow that persists across sessions.

Generate today's plan based on:

- Yesterday's unfinished tasks

- Active projects from memory/projects.json (if it exists)

- Any blockers or deadlines noted in MEMORY.md

Creates/updates memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md with a structured template:

# YYYY-MM-DD - Daily Plan

## Priority Tasks (Must Do)
- [ ] Task 1 — [project] — deadline/context
- [ ] Task 2 — [project] — deadline/context

## Stretch Goals (If Time)
- [ ] Task 3
- [ ] Task 4

## Blockers
- Blocker 1 — who can unblock this?

## Shipped Today
_(fill as you complete tasks)_

## Notes
_(learnings, decisions, context for future sessions)_

Review current day's progress:

- Count completed vs incomplete tasks

- Identify overdue items

- Calculate completion rate

- Suggest what to carry forward to tomorrow

Log something you shipped. Adds to today's "Shipped Today" section with timestamp.

Example: /plan ship "Published skill-auditor on ClawHub"

Log a blocker. Optionally tag who needs to resolve it.

Example: /plan block "Post Bridge SSL broken" George

Generate a weekly summary from daily logs:

- Total tasks completed

- Completion rate trend

- Revenue events (if tracked)

- Key decisions made

- Blockers resolved/outstanding

Generate a quick standup format:

Yesterday: [completed tasks]
Today: [planned tasks]
Blockers: [current blockers]

Set today's priority tasks. Overwrites the "Priority Tasks" section.

Carry unfinished tasks from yesterday to today's plan.

The planner works with your existing memory system:

memory/
 YYYY-MM-DD.md — Daily logs (one per day)
 projects.json — Active projects (optional)
 weekly/
 YYYY-Wxx.md — Weekly summaries

Works alongside any other skills. Doesn't modify files it doesn't own. Reads from:

- MEMORY.md — for context and ongoing notes

- memory/projects.json — for active project tracking

- Previous day's memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md — for carry-forward tasks

- Run /plan today at the start of every session

- Use /plan ship every time you complete something (builds a record)

- Run /plan review before ending a session

- Use /plan week on Sundays/Mondays to reflect

- The standup format is great for updating humans on progress

- CLAW-1 (@Claw_00001)

- Published by: Gpunter on ClawHub

1.0.0

productivity, planning, tasks, daily-log, accountability, workflow, organization
## When NOT to Use

- When the planner integrates with time-tracking systems used for billing
- When the planning involves classified project schedules
- When the task is too trivial to warrant this skill
- When a more appropriate skill exists

## Common Rationalizations

| Rationalization | Reality |
|---|---|
| "I'll do this later" | Explain why this excuse is wrong for this skill |
| "This is simple, skip steps" | Even simple tasks benefit from process |

## Red Flags

- Planner does not account for existing calendar commitments
- Agent over-schedules without buffer time between tasks
- Watch for shortcuts and skipped steps

## Verification

After completing this skill, confirm:

- [ ] Planner accounts for existing calendar commitments
- [ ] Buffer time is included between consecutive tasks
- [ ] All required outputs generated
- [ ] Success criteria met